The effects of water on an on-body monopole diversity antenna pair at 1800MHz

Al-Saffar, Dina A.H.; Khattak, Muhammad I.; Edwards, Robert

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The effects of water on an on-body monopole diversity antenna pair at 1800MHz

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posted on 2017-01-04, 10:44 authored by Dina A.H. Al-Saffar, Muhammad I. Khattak, Robert EdwardsRobert Edwards

This paper presents the effect of water on a pair of 1.8GHz on-body diversity monopole antennas mounted on the forearm of a sitting male static volunteer. Application of a water layer to the forearm was seen to both reduce efficiency and increase directivity leading to a slight overall increase in gain. Increased gain was shown to increase antenna correlation thereby reducing diversity gain in the antenna pair.

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Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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016 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC)

Citation

AL-SAFFAR, D., KHATTAK, M.I. and EDWARDS, R.M., 2017. The effects of water on an on-body monopole diversity antenna pair at 1800MHz. 2016 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, 14th-15th November 2016.

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AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Acceptance date

2016-09-01

Publication date

2017

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